Measure and method of making the same



Patented Mar; 13, 1923.

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. gt srA WILLIAM cHEIs'rIAN, 0E, BEiDGEPoRT, coNNEoTIoUT. i

:MEASURE AND `1vrETHoD 0E MAKING 4THE SAME.

Application led Augustk 19, 192,1. Y Serial No. 493,565.

" ofBridgeport, in the'lcounty of Fairfield spective and State ofl Connecticut, has invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Meas-` ures and Methods of Makingthe Same, of which the following is a specification.

The object of' this invention is to devisel ahnovel and' quite satisfactory measure and to provide fan'extremely simple methodk by which the same .can be produced.` D v lith the above and other objects'in view, the .invention will `now be fully described and will hereinafter be specifically claimed,

it being understood that changes in the sequence of the steps of the method, and in details of construction and arrangement of parts of the finished article can be made so long as within the spirit of the inventio and the scope of the claims.

ln the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification,

Figs. 1, 2, 8 and 4 are, respectively, perviews of an outer tube, an inner tube, a bottom and a rim capable of being assembled to produce the measure of the invention;

Fig. is a perspective view of the measure; and

Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view thereof.

Referring more especially to Fig. 6 of the drawing, it will be seen that the novel measure consists essentially of a pair of tubes, denoted by 10 and 11, respectively, the tube 10 fitted within the tube 11, a bottom 12 fitted within the lower end of the tube .11 and resting against the lower edge -of the tube 10, and a rim 13 fitted upon the upper end of the tube 10 and resting against the upper edge of the tube 11, a preferably metallic band 11i surrounding the lower end of the tube 11 and providing means for receiv ing nails 15 which pass through the band, through tube 11 and into the bottom of the measure to insure the position ofl said bottom.

As will be evident from Figs. 1 and 2, the tubes 10 and 11'are desirably of the same length, but the tube- 10 is of slightly less diameter than the tube 11 to have a snug. sliding fit therein. These tubes may be of any preferred material. They are desirably constructed of suitable pasteboard, thus insuring itV that* there Iwill be no warpingof the body portion of the measure.. l As. will bek evidentfrom Figs. 3 ande,

the' thickness of the bottom 12 is rapproxi-` mately 'equal to the'width fof the rim 13, and the diameter of said bottom is approxi- 'limi-"1r"` vforli-first..A

,mately equalto the .internal diameterof said rim. .r The bottomV and rim may likewise be of any preferred material. I desirably con struct the bottom ofwood and'therim 'of pastebo'ard of asthickness'greater than that ofthe tubes,sothat inthe finished articlel the rim will 4project outwardly beyond theA tube 11 as it is'shown in Fig;',6.

The elements of the measure can be as-` sembled in any preferred manner to produce the article. That is to say, the bottom can be first placed upon a suitable surface, the outer tube can then be slid down over'the bottom until its lower edge is in engagement with said surface, the inner tube can then be slid into the outer tube until its lower edge'is resting upon the bottom, and the rim can finally be slid down upon the upper end of the inner tube until its lower edge rests against the upper edge of the outer tube; `or the rim 4can be first placed upon a suitable surface, the upper end of the inner tube can be then slid into the rim until in engagement with said surface, the youter tube can then be slid over the inner tube until its upper edge is in engagement with the lower edge of the rim, and the l bottom can finally be slid into the lower end of the outer tube to rest against the lower edge of the inner tube; or the tubes can be first assembled and the `bottom and rim afterwards placed in their proper positions, as will beobvious. The band 14 and nails 15 are preferably applied after all of the assembling of the other parts is completed. It will be apparent that when the elements of the measure are assembled, the upper struction, and that its method of manufacture can be quickly practiced With the requirement Aof A but la 4quite limited vamount of, thought, the measure consisting of but eWv elements that can be easily assembled.

Having thus fully described the inVen-.` tion, what I claim as new and desire to se' cure by Letters Patent'isfz'.

l. The method of making a measure, which consists in providing an iinner -fand an outerl tube of the same length, and a disc bottom 'andanannular` rim the thickness andwidth,

respectively,. of which areiequal, in fittingy said innery tubein said outer tubeso thata part/.of saidrin-nertube projects beyond said outer tube,.in itting said disc bottom in. said outer tube and aga-inst said: inner. tube, andl vingr'*accomplished in such. manner that a-= acewof saidbottom is Hush yWith anend of said outer tubey and an edge, of saidannular rim is flush With' an end of 'said inner tube.l

2. A measure consisting of a pair of telescoping tubes, a disc bottom fitted into the larger tube and against theY smaller tube, a band With fasteningl means fittedabout said larger tube and disc bottom, and an annular rimotted -uponthe smaller tube and against the larger tube, the upper edge of theannular rimterminating flush With the end of the smaller tube spaced from the disc bottom.l

3. A measure consisting of an inner and an outer tube, a part-of said-.innertubeprojectf ing beyondfsaidouter tub'e and a partof said; outer tubeprojectingy beyond said inner tube, a disc bottom:` ttedA into said outer tube. and against; said'fi'nner tube,- a face of saidrf'b'ottomlyingush'with an end of saidouterftube, and auannularL rim tted upon said inner'tube` andzagainst said youter tube,`

thef'upperyedge' of saidannular rim lying Hush Withanzend ;or` said inner tube;`

Signedat Bridgeport, inthe county of Fairfield, and Statefof Connecticut, this 12th day of August, A. D., 1921;

WILLIAM CHRISTIAN. 

